I was just told by someone that our wedding is way too long. Um, hello. Our ceremony is at 2, getting over at approximately 2:30. And then we will take pictures probably for an hour. So the reception wouldn’t actually start til around 3:30. It’s scheduled to end at 7. Three and a half hour reception. That’s NOT long compared to some others.

It’s because FIs family are major college football fans. I’m soooo sorry that our wedding is during football season. But it’s one freaking day for 5 hours total!!!!

I get why you’re upset. At the same time, this is one of the major reasons I didn’t have a fall wedding – FI would have been at a bar trying to catch the score rather than at the reception, or on his phone getting the score! Same goes for his family and most of this friends. So we picked spring, because he agreed he could easily miss a weekend of potential baseball games.

That is not long…I have a friend who’s wedding is this November…on a Sunday. Ceremony starts at 230, then cocktail hour, then the reception goes literally ALL night…invitation says the bar closes at 2am! Now THAT is TOO long! you are FINE! Everyone has to find something to complain about don’t let it get to you

I don’t think your wedding is too long, but as someone who was told explicitly by my FI that we couldn’t have a fall wedding, and that he hated being dragged to fall weddings, because then he ended up being rude by checking the score all the time — any way you could put a tv with the game(s) on? It can be on silent, but then you keep everyone engaged and having a good time.